These magistrates probably had been charged with the execution of priests who dared to do their duty; at least in the following year, on June 10, 1560, we find the provost, bailies, and town council of Edinburgh Decreeing death for the third offence against idolaters who do not instantly profess their conversion.
"John Knox and the Reformation"
Andrew Lang
Bache, for his part, old mystical humanitarian that he was, claimed that the only solution would come from Fourier, who by Decreeing an alliance of talent, labour and capital, had mapped out the future in a decisive manner.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
Now a herald proclaimed from a scaffold the will of Duke Theseus, Decreeing the weapons with which the tourney should be fought, and the rules of the combat.
"The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'"
Compiled by Frank Sidgwick